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Red Boy and Mt. Chief

Prospect in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097037
MRDS ID M014545
Record type Site
Current site name Red Boy and Mt. Chief
Related records 10298021

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.23602, 45.03792 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornucopia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Eagle Cap Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006S 045E 21 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN THE CANYON ABOVE THE QUEEN OF THE WEST MILL SITE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Cornucopia Stock;Columbia River Basalt
    Rock description Cornucopia Stock;Columbia River Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Hurwal Formation
    Rock description Hurwal Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.23602, 45.03792
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Country Rock Is Composed Of Roof Pendants And Xenoliths Of Metasedimentary Rocks In Granodiorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1885

Mining district

District name Cornucopia

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Almon Motley

Comments on the production information

  • ONE CAR OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1936 AND ONE IN 1938; VALUES UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 30

  • Deposit

    1939 RECON/ODGMI/NOTES IN FIL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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